Improvement in harness-trimmings



I. N. JUST.

HARNESS TRIMMINGS.

N0.188,057, Patented March 6,1877.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

IsAAo N. JUST, OF BELDING, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-TRIMMINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,057, dated March 6,1877; application filed January 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAo' N. JUST, of Belding, in the county of Ioniaand State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCombined Terret and Tie-Strap Fastener, of which the following is aspecification Figure 1 is a rear view of my improved device. Fig. 2 isan edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail section taken through theline 00 m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device forsecuring a tie-strap, which shall be simple in c nstruotion, durable,not liable to get out of order, and reliable and convenient in use,holding the tie-strap securel y, and enabling it to be easily andquickly fastened and unfastened.

The invention consists in a terret provided with a tie-strap fastener;and in the combination of the swinging wedge-block, having its bottomconcaved, and provided with a flange along its rear edge, and theextension having the inner side of its bottom bar concaved or fiat withthe terret, as hereinafter fully described. v

A represents a terret, upon the lower side of which is formed anextension, at, in which is formed an opening or cavity in which ispivoted a wedge-block, B. The inner side of the bottom bar of theextension is concaved or flat, and the bottom or lower edge of thewedge-block B is concaved, and has a flange, b, formed along the rearside of said bottom,

and projecting sufliciently to prevent said wedge from swinging forwardthrough the cavity in which it is hung. The flange b also serves atwofold purpose. It prevents the rear or free end of the tie-strap fromrising, and serves as a handle for the fingers in raising the block B toallow the tie-strap to be withdrawn.

In using the device the free end of the tiestrap is passed through thecavity of the extension a, and is drawn back for a suitable distance. Itis then drawn forward and draws the wedge-block B into the cavity of theextension a, and clamps the said tie-strap securely between the loweredge of the said block B, and the bottom barof the extension a.

To unfasten the tie-strap, its free end is drawn to the rearward, whichdraws back the wedge-block B, so that it may be raised with ISAAC NEWTONJUST.

Witnesses:

F. B. BIDWELL, GEo. HOPPOUGH.

